Remember how the Democrats were going to change the "culture of
corruption" in 2006?
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http://blog.wa****ngtonpost.com/wa****ngtonpostinvestigations/2008/01/landrieu_opens_files_on_school_1.html#more
A $2 million earmark for the D.C. schools from Sen. Mary Landrieu
(D-La.) has become an issue in her campaign for re-election after
an ethics watchdog group called for federal and congressional
investigations, re****ts The Post's James V. Grimaldi.
As re****ted in The Post's investigative series about the D.C.
school system, Landrieu inserted the earmark in 2001 so school
officials would buy a reading program from one of her major
campaign contributors. School officials, who had other reading
programs in mind, were initially resistant. [...]
The $2 million earmark was guided into law by Landrieu in the fall
of 2001, just after she had received more than $30,000 in campaign
contributions at a fundraiser held by Best. Best told The Post
that the idea for the fundraiser came in a call from Landrieu's
office after he had met with the senator about getting funding for
Voyager.
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